The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-06-15
LATEST NEWS.

A mild sensation has been created IN
social circles in Chicago by the filing of a
bill for divorce by Mrs. Lena Theresa
Clausenius against Gustavus Adolphus
Clausenius, the eldest son of Henry Clau-
senius, the Austrian Consul. She charges
Clausenius with embezzling money from
several insurance companies and from the
village of Morgan Park, of which he was
Treasurer She inherited $4,000 from her
father, which her husband spent. On ac-
count of his recklessness she is now in
debted for 81 $50 for his liabilities, having
secured that amount on her homestead in
Morgan Park. Then he is charged with
such acts as staying out at night, assault
ing his wife and using profane language.
The Dominion Government will at once
increase the defenses of British Columbia
with battery of artillery, to be established
at Esquimalt, near Victoria, and with the
view of making the corps thoroughly per-
manent, the Imperial authorities have
been asked to send out 100 men of the
British Army Reserve to form a nucleus.
A plot to blow up Vienna has been dis
covered, and a dozen arrests have been
made among the alleged conspiritors.
The quarantine ON the Chinese who ar
rived at San Francisco by the Gaelic has
been raised, and they were to be landed on
the Sd instant.
Hanlan and Gaudaur will again row at
Pullman, ILL.,, on July 23d, for 81 900
side.
Fifty miles of plains are inundated near
Vienna.
In the race under the auspices of the new
Thames Yacht Club on the I'd instant, the
Thistle made the run of so miles in hours
43 minutes, beating the Irex, Wendur,
Neptune and Foxhound in the order
named. The Wendur takes first prize and
the Thistle, although first, takes third
place under time allowance.
The Afghan rebels have achieved
victory over thousand of the Ameer's
troops in the province of Herat, capturing
and beheading the Commander. The
rebels in the Candahar district have sub
mitted to the Ameer, influenced by the APP
proach of reinforcements. A telegram
from Merv confirms the statement that
English Engineers are actively fortifying
Herat. The aim of the English authori-
ties is TO enable a garrison of 10000 men
at Herat to withstand siege of ninety
days.
Lord Colin Campbell has consented to
be placed in bankruptcy. His liabilities
amount to $4,000, including $4,000 for
costs in the late divorce suit. Assets nil.
The Sultan of Turkey has ceded the ISL
and of Cyprus to England.
The Afghan rebels in the Candahar dis
trict have submitted to the Ameer. They |
submitted because of the approach of re- /
1t is believed that steamer and $50
ives have been lost in cyclone IN the
of Calcutta.
The Mexican Senate has ratified a treaty
If friendship, commerce and navigation
With France
A Des MOines dispatch of June 1st says:
4 diagonal route was completed yesterday
o st. Paul, aud the first train was entirely
# sugar from San Francisco, via the
canadian Pacific. 1t goes to Kansas City
ver the Wabash from here.
Airmont, town nine miles east of COT
eeville, Mississippi has been visited by
ioient hailstorm, which battered in the
oofs of houses and completely destroyed
ha 0ro1s